Benefits and Costs of Pesticide Use in U. S. Food Production

Benefits and Costs of Pesticide Use in U. S. Food Production. Pimentel, D., Krummel, J., Gallahan, D., Hough, J., Merrill, A., Schreiner, I., Vittum, P., Koziol, F., Back, E., Yen, D., & Fiance, S. BioScience, 28(12):772–784, 1978.

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In spite of present chemical control methods, an estimated 33% of current U. S. crop production is lost to crop pests. An analysis of the effects of removing chemical pesticides from U. S. agriculture reveals that pest losses would increase an estimated additional 9%. An investment of about $2.2 billion in pesticides would rescue an estimated $8.7 billion in crops from pest destruction

@article{pimentelBenefitsCostsPesticide1978,
	title = {Benefits and {Costs} of {Pesticide} {Use} in {U}. {S}. {Food} {Production}},
	volume = {28},
	issn = {0006-3568},
	url = {https://www.jstor.org/stable/1307251},
	doi = {10.2307/1307251},
	abstract = {In spite of present chemical control methods, an estimated 33\% of current U. S. crop production is lost to crop pests. An analysis of the effects of removing chemical pesticides from U. S. agriculture reveals that pest losses would increase an estimated additional 9\%. An investment of about \$2.2 billion in pesticides would rescue an estimated \$8.7 billion in crops from pest destruction},
	language = {en},
	number = {12},
	urldate = {2022-03-21},
	journal = {BioScience},
	author = {Pimentel, David and Krummel, John and Gallahan, David and Hough, Judy and Merrill, Alfred and Schreiner, Ilse and Vittum, Pat and Koziol, Fred and Back, Ephraim and Yen, Doreen and Fiance, Sandy},
	year = {1978},
	pages = {772--784},
}

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